50 nshoremag.com September 2014 photographs by elise donoghue
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"salem should always have a book-
store." That's the motto of Wicked Good
Books owner and estate lawyer Denise
Kent. To some, this may seem like an
unlikely melding of professions, but for
Kent, it makes perfect sense: "I asked
myself, 'What would my dream job be?'
I love being a lawyer, and I love working
with people, but I always wanted to be
community
Word
on the
Square
For Denise Kent and Mike
Gibson, rescuing the old
Derby Square Bookstore
from demise was about much
more than saving books.
By Charlotte Roth
Good Read
Inside Salem's new
old independent
bookstore; Right,
owner Denise Kent
